Agitated over the brutal crackdown and mistreatment of women protesters by the Egyptian military, women are preparing for a massive rally here on Tuesday to denounce the atrocities committed by the ar

Egypt's ruling military council, which took power when Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, said on Monday it had uncovered a plot to burn down parliament.

General Adel Emara, a member of the Suprem

At least three people were killed and 257 wounded on Friday as Egyptian protesters and security forces clashed in the worst violence in weeks, overshadowing the vote count in the latest round of a landmark general election.

Egyptians return to polling stations on Thursday in a phased election likely to give Islamists the biggest bloc in a parliament that will play a key role in drafting a new constitution after decades o

After handing over a thumping victory to Islamists in the first round, Egyptians on Wednesday headed for a second phase of parliamentary polls to decide the future of nine governorates, with the li

Time magazine named the collective 'protester' around the world as its person of the year on Wednesday, citing the change brought by street demonstrations from Arab countries to New York.

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Islamist party the Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday it had won two thirds of individual seats up for grabs in the opening round of Egypt's first post-Mubarak election.

"The FJP has won 36 seats o

Egypt on Tuesday wrapped up the opening round of the first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's fall, with Islamists winning a landslide victory at the expense of weakened and divided liberal

Turnout in the opening phase of Egypt's first post-revolution election was 62 percent, the highest in the country's history, election commission head Abdel Moez Ibrahim announced on Friday.

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Egyptians will hear results of their first free election in six decades on Thursday, with the Muslim Brotherhood expecting to pick up two-fifths of the vote for an assembly that might limit the power